8/03/2009 @ 3:55PM

In Pictures: Hollywood's 10 Most Powerful Vampires

4. Blade

The lucrative New Line Cinema film trilogy about this half-vampire vampire killer–played by Wesley Snipes–started as a Marvel Comics character. The first film, released in 1998, grossed $93 million domestically (adjusted for inflation). The last film, Blade Trinity, was the least successful at theaters, grossing $60 million in 2004 (adjusted for inflation).